Heard on the grapevine we are going too 2 refs next season,doing away with in goal and there will be vid refs at all games person concerned was 90% certain it will next season if not the year after.
Heard on the grapevine we are going too 2 refs next season,doing away with in goal and there will be vid refs at all games person concerned was 90% certain it will next season if not the year after.
We haven't got enough to have one decent one on the pitch, let alone 2........
"The great fallacy is that the game is first and last about winning. It is nothing of the kind. The game is about glory, it is about doing things in style and with a flourish, about going out and beating the other lot, not waiting for them to die of boredom." Danny Blanchflower.
Might have been written by a footballer about football - but never a truer word............
I watch loads of it. It's miles better in the NRL, they don't stand for any messing in the ruck. If the ball comes loose it's a penalty to the attacking side 95% of the time
Over here we just let people leave hands in and give a knock on against the attacking side 50% of the time penalising the side that has won the collision. They do make mistakes over there but the overall mentality is for the good of the game and encourages fast, open rugby
It all depends what type of game you want to watch. Our boring mistake ridden amateur-fest or top quality competition each week
Isn't the correct term one ref on the pitch with an assistant as opposed to 2 refs?
The second one is usually referred to as the pocket referee and is responsible for policing the ruck, they don't make many decisions and leave most calls to the main ref
The on the ground wrestling isn't as bad as it is in Super League, as soon as the tackling players hits the ground they generally roll away. That's why some have said that they can get rid of the pocket ref now